Thomas Coke is a lawyer and startup advisor. He is the CEO if a collegiate crowdfunding company, CampusStarter, as well as the former VP of North America for Hubbub, a UK based crowdfunding company. Prior to that he was with CrowdFundConnect as Director of Business Development and Compliance, and with VerifyValid, both of which were startups that exited. He cut his teeth as a securities regulator and attorney for the State of Michigan Securities Division and has helped write several state crowdfunding bills and speaks around the Midwest on crowdfunding and startup finance, including teach at CMU in their new MET program.